Where does “riboflavin” come from?
Riboflavin is a back-formation from German Ribonsäure, itself derived from German Ribose, which was coined as a blend relating to the five-carbon sugar found in ribonucleic acid.
riboflavin (English): Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a...
Definitions
- Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a...
Ancestry of “riboflavin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flavin | Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic... |
| 2 | Latin | flāvus | — |
| 3 | Latin | palpus | palm of the hand; feeler |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
Words derived from “riboflavin”